one because the economy is doing well and speculators are driving up the cost of gas. the second is that the price of crude oil. it is up to 95 to zero hundred dollars a barrel. the third and probably biggest reason why we're paying so much right now is because all lot of these refineries are starting to switch over to the summer/spring that land. production is down. supply and demand, the price goes up. the bad is it, the worst news according to most analysts, prices could increase all the way through april. >> that is a bit of budgeting. >> americans are apparently coming out 4% of their incomes into buying gasoline. the energy department says u.s. households spend an average of just over $2,900 on gasoline last year. that is the highest level in four years. the percentage rates similar levels and 2008 when a red hot black economy and panic over dwindling surprising gets prices through the roof. the nationwide average price per gallon of regular gas at $3.60 last year, also a record high. >> police have released the name of a teenager and was found dead in a fair fel